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Black box or transparent benchmarking?

LEED v4.1 for Building Operations and Maintenance
posted by Nick Semon on Mar 29, 2018, 7:54 am

My biggest question about v4.1 right now is whether or not the benchmarking that takes place for the LT and EA prerequisites is transparent.  Is there any way we can estimate a building's...

Last reply: Ricardo Filho, Feb 21, 2023, 4:42 am

Overlapping Irrigation Zones

NC-v4 WEc1: Outdoor water use reduction
posted by Jennifer Wehling on Apr 6, 2020, 12:17 pm

Our irrigation consultant has provided an irrigation calculation where the total irrigation area (approx. 5000 SF) is more than the total landscape SF (approx. 3000 SF). In my QC review before...

Last reply: Irene Chung, Feb 21, 2023, 2:25 am

Window to wall ratio-Existing Building

NC-v4 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Helena Garcia on Feb 20, 2023, 7:29 am

Dear LEEDusers,

A question related with the proposed and baseline building energy models for a BD+C project:

For an existing building where only single parts of the envelope will be...

Floor Drain Cleaning

Healthcare-v4 WEp2: Indoor water use reduction
posted by Ahmed Labeeb on Apr 25, 2018, 4:13 am

Dear,

I am working on a healthcare project in Middle East and MEP Consultant suggests to use domestic water for flushing the floor drain out.

The idea of this system - which is not...

Last reply: Jin Magnific, Feb 20, 2023, 3:10 am

Greenhouse- SRI Value

NC-v4 SSc5: Heat Island Reduction
posted by Irene Chung on Jul 28, 2022, 9:59 am

Can a greenhouse be excluded when doing credit calculation? If not, is there a default...

Last reply: Kara Strong, Feb 17, 2023, 12:47 pm

Project Boundary

Healthcare-v4.1 LTc2: Sensitive land protection
posted by Jordi Castellano on Feb 13, 2023, 10:29 am

Good afternoon,

According to the LEED v4.1 handbook, if we locate the project on land where it was already developed, but our project goes a little over the boundaries, do we have to get...

Last reply: Dave Hubka, Feb 15, 2023, 1:23 pm

Model service infrastructure for energy simulation

NC-v4 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Linh Dang on Feb 15, 2023, 5:17 am

Dear all

We are doing an energy simulation for a factory project and it has a wastewater treatment building using AC and OA fans. Now we only model the manufacturing building. So do we...

Street Light BUG Rating

NC-v4 SSc6: Light Pollution Reduction
posted by Danielle Waters on Feb 13, 2023, 2:22 pm

If Street Lights on the public sidewalk adjacent to public streets are within project scope and LEED Boundary, are they required to comply with BUG Rating? What if fixtures are required by city...

Last reply: Danielle Waters, Feb 14, 2023, 4:15 pm

Hydrozones

NC-v4 WEp1: Outdoor water use reduction
posted by Charles Hall on Feb 13, 2018, 5:11 pm

I am a little unsure about how to generate hydrozone areas. For instance, with a...

Last reply: Julio Fernandez Amodia, Feb 14, 2023, 11:02 am

Biophilic design plan

Pilot-Credits EQpc123: Designing with Nature, Biophilic Design for the Indoor Environment
posted by Priscillia Champagne on Jun 2, 2022, 8:16 am

I understand that the final result must be that the project implements five distinct design strategies. What is more difficult to grasp is how the "Design with nature documentation template"...

Last reply: Adriana Hansen, Feb 13, 2023, 4:44 pm